I am looking for a list of Olympian Masters and what Olympics and events they particpated in. If you have such a list or know where one is, please let me know. Individual anecdotes are OK too.
Background:
I want to write to "Splash" magazine and ask them to feature some of the people on such a list when they write about great swimmers. I'm tired of reading (and having my kids read) about so-and-so great swimmer, who got to the Olympics, did great, and now swimming is behind them (i.e. they don't swim anymore). On the "mission statement" of Splash, they give lip service to a lifelong involvement with swimming, but they never seem to come up with an example of such a person.
wiredknight
I swam with Cheryl and her husband Peter in college. Please tell them hello for me if you get a chance.
P.S. If they know how to get in touch with Eric Heil (mine and Peter's roommate), please PM me with the information if you think about it.
I will!! Cheryl is swimming in the sprint classic with me this weekend. I'm not sure if Peter has a college meet this weekend or not ... I'll try to remember to ask about Eric Heil.
Yes, I have Cheryl Ward. You can check out the list of Olympians on the USOC website. Go to athletes, then All-time Olympians, then you can check out swimmers by Olympic years.
Seems to me that having a section on this website calling out these athletes who are part of USMS would be a no-brianer...vs. having to go through all that is going on here?
Seems to me that having a section on this website calling out these athletes who are part of USMS would be a no-brianer...vs. having to go through all that is going on here?
Good idea. This topic has led to some name calling in the past. Best to avoid.
Gail,
Is the list published somewhere? If not, if you could e-mail it to me I could capture it as a PDF document and attach it to this thread. That way we could all look for "missing" names.
Ron Neugent swims in my LMSC; he was a member of the U.S. 1980 team.
Anna Lea
My coach, Cheryl Ward, is a Canadian Olympian! She's swimming with me on Sunday. Woot!
I swam with Cheryl and her husband Peter in college. Please tell them hello for me if you get a chance.
P.S. If they know how to get in touch with Eric Heil (mine and Peter's roommate), please PM me with the information if you think about it.
There are 171 Olympians who have joined Masters over the years, although not all of them have competed. In Hawaii there were Ron Karnaugh, Plamen Alexandrov, Tori Trees Smith, Limin Liu, Yoshi Oyakawa, Bill Mulliken, Geoff Gaberino, Graham Johnston, Roque Santos, Colette Crabbe, Steve Clark, Jeff Farrell and myself. If anyone knows of an Olympic swimmer that I've missed, please let me know. Thanks.....
Richard Schroeder was in Hawaii and at Worlds
Rowdy, Josh Davis & Dara swam at Indy and at Worlds
Vlad Pyshnenko worlds and i'm guessing quite a few more masters Olympians from other countries.
